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2. Identify the effects of a countervailing duty by an import country in response to a<br />

foreign government export subsidy.<br />

The World <strong>Trade</strong> Organization (WTO) allows countries to implement antisubsidy legislation. The law<br />

allows a country to place a countervailing duty (CVD) on imports when a foreign government subsidizes<br />

exports of the product, which in turn causes injury to the import-competing firms. The countervailing<br />

duty is a tariff designed to “counter” the effects of the foreign export subsidy. The purpose of this section<br />

is to explain the effects of a countervailing duty in a perfectly competitive market setting. See Chapter 1<br />

"Introductory <strong>Trade</strong> Issues: History, Institutions, <strong>and</strong> Legal Framework", Section 1.5 "The General Agreement on<br />

Tariffs <strong>and</strong> <strong>Trade</strong> (GATT)"for a more complete description of the antisubsidy law.<br />

We will assume that there are two large countries trading a particular product in a partial equilibrium<br />

model. The exporting country initially sets a specific export subsidy. That action is countered with a CVD<br />

implemented by the importing country. We will first describe the effects of the export subsidy (which will<br />

closely mimic the analysis in Chapter 7 "<strong>Trade</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> Effects with Perfectly Competitive Markets",Section 7.16<br />

"Export Subsidies: Large Country Price Effects" <strong>and</strong> Chapter 7 "<strong>Trade</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> Effects with Perfectly Competitive<br />

Markets", Section 7.17 "Export Subsidies: Large Country Welfare Effects", after which we will consider the<br />

effects of the CVD action in response.<br />

The Initial Export Subsidy<br />

An export subsidy will reduce the price of the good in the import market <strong>and</strong> raise the price of the good in<br />

the export market relative to the free trade price. After the subsidy is imposed, the following two<br />

conditions will describe the new equilibrium:<br />

PEXS=PIMS+S<br />

<strong>and</strong><br />

XS(PEXS)=MD(PIMS),<br />

where S is the specific export subsidy, PIMS is the price that prevails in the import market after the<br />

subsidy, <strong>and</strong> PEXS is the price that prevails in the export market after the subsidy. The first condition<br />

means that prices in the two countries must differ by the amount of the subsidy. The second condition<br />

means that export supply at the price that now prevails in the export market must equal import dem<strong>and</strong><br />

at the price that prevails in the import market.<br />

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Saylor.org<br />

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